Vizag Titans Vs Indore Knights Match 15 28 March 2023

15th T20 • Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium • Ghaziabad

Vizag Titans

239/2 (20)

Indore Knights

194/3 (20)

VT won by 45 runs

Info

Fantasy

Live

Scorecard

Stats

Playing XI

Player of the Match Naman Sharma

98(54)

Info

Vizag Titans

239/2 (20)

Batters

Ishan Malhotra

233.33

b I Pandey

Nick Compton

0.00

b I Pandey

Sunny Singh

166.67

Not out

Naman Sharma

181.48

Not out

Extras

(B: 9, LB: 0, NB: 3, W: 11)

TOTAL

(20 Ov, RR: 11.95)

239/2

Did not Bat

Ashok Kumar, Thisara Perera, Ashish Nuniwal, Stuart Binny, Rajesh Kumar, Isuru Udana, Bharat Awasthi

Bowlers

EXT

Sreesanth

18.00

Ishwar Pandey

8.00

Sunil

12.00

Rajiv Tyagi

13.67

Kapil Rana

4.50

Jitendra Giri

11.50

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Nick Compton

b I Pandey

1-24

1.2

Ishan Malhotra

b I Pandey

2-50

3.2

Indore Knights

194/3 (20)

Batters

Dilshan Munaweera

208.33

c N Sharma b I Udana

Phil Mustard

122.58

c R Kumar b A Kumar

Parvinder Singh *

122.45

Not out

Deepak Sharma

75.00

lbw b B Awasthi

Sreesanth

228.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 2, NB: 1, W: 8)

TOTAL

(20 Ov, RR: 9.7)

194/3

Did not Bat

Sandeep More, Rajiv Tyagi, Ishwar Pandey, Kapil Rana, Sunil, Jitendra Giri

Bowlers

EXT

Isuru Udana

8.00

Ishan Malhotra

10.00

Ashish Nuniwal

9.33

Thisara Perera

8.00

Bharat Awasthi

6.75

Ashok Kumar

10.25

Rajesh Kumar

16.00

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Dilshan Munaweera

c N Sharma b I Udana

1-37

4.2

Phil Mustard

c R Kumar b A Kumar

2-81

10.1

Deepak Sharma

lbw b B Awasthi

3-94

11.4

Match Info

Date & Time

28 Mar, 07:30 PM IST

Venue

Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Ghaziabad

Match

15th T20,

KhiladiX Legends Cricket Trophy

Toss

Indore Knights elected to bowl

1 1 1 4 0 4

Over 17

Runs: 11

1 1 4 1 4 6

Over 18

Runs: 17

6 1 1 1 6 6

Over 19

Runs: 21

4 4 4 0 4 1b

Over 20

Runs: 17

All Overs

Player of the Match Naman Sharma

98(54)

Commentary

So, that is it from myself, Karthik Raj and my co-commentator, Sooryanarayanan Sesha. Do switch over to the SA vs WI T20I fixture while there is a lot more cricket coming up tomorrow too. The 2nd T20I between BAN and IRE will be played out tomorrow while the semis of the Khiladi Legends League is also coming up. Don't miss out on any of these fixtures. Until next time, adios!

Naman Sharma is the Player of the Match for his sensational unbeaten 98. Here's what he has to say: We got a good start and we had to carry on. We took some time and then we unleashed our strokes. The plan will remain the same (for the semifinals). Whatever the captain says we will follow that.

Thisara Perera (Vizag Titans captain): As a captain I can't expect more than this. As a batting unit, we did really well, especially Naman and Sunny. We can't expect more as batters. (On tomorrow's semifinal) We have to do our basics. If we do our basics we can do something special this series.

Naman Sharma, Player of the Match: The start was very good and just planned to carry on in the same way. Same planning, the captain has plans and we just to have follow it

S Sreesanth (Indore Knights captain): Not really (under pressure). It was more like a practice game for us, we are anyway in the semifinals. They batted extremely well and started well, especially Ishan bhai. We were on the back foot and there was dew as well. We were just going through the motions I think. We were one bowler short since we wanted to rest Rana bhai for the semifinals. We tried our best but maybe we should have pushed harder at the start of the match. (On his cramps) I'll be ready for the semifinals. I just flew in from Bombay and came straight into the match. Not an excuse but I'll be ready. Sureshi (Raina) will be there as well for the semifinals.

MATCH OVER!

Vizag Titans win by 45 runs!

Vizag Titans 239/2 (20)
Indore Knights 194/3 (20)

Parvinder Singh 60* (49) | S Sreesanth 57* (25)

Bharat Awasthi 1-27 | Isuru Udana 1-16

So, a convincing 45-run win for Vizag Titans despite a late flourish from Indore Knights. Have to say Vizag Titans' batters set up the victory as they put on a dominant 239-run total. Dilshan Munaweera got off to a good start in the chase but his cameo was cut short by Isuru Udana's slower ball in the fifth over. The duo of Phil Mustard and Parvinder Singh tried to rebuild but they couldn't produce boundaries at all with the asking rate going above 20 runs per over.

While Mustard at least struck at a little over 100, Parvinder was batting at almost a strike-rate of 50 for a long period of time. Mustard eventually got out off Ashok Kumar's bowling in the 11th over. Meanwhile, Bharat Awasthi also trapped Deepak Sharma in the next over as Indore slipped to 94-3. The Indore skipper S Sreesanth promoted himself to No.5 and he delighted the crowd with some superb ball-striking. The former India pacer went onto register his fifty off just 24 balls while Parvinder Singh also started to middle the ball at the fag end of the innings. In the innings, the pair made sure that the loss wasn't heavy as it was touted to be at the half-way mark!

overs

194 /3 score

1lb

runs

Parvinder Singh *

60 (49)

Sreesanth

57 (25)

Ishan Malhotra

0 /40

19.6 Ishan Malhotra to Parvinder Singh, WELL WELL! Shuffles across his stumps looking to ramp this dipping full one around the off stump. He's way too early on the shot and it beats everyone, even taking the keeper by surprise. They run a bye for what it's worth but that's that for this contest. Vizag Titans romp home by 45 runs!

19.5 Ishan Malhotra to Parvinder Singh, FOUR MORE! Another half-tracker outside the off stump and that has been suitably punished by Parvinder. He rocks deep in his crease to pummel it flat over mid-wicket for four

19.4 Ishan Malhotra to Parvinder Singh, fuller this time around the off stump. Parvinder looks to launch it dead straight down the ground but ends up bunting it into the pitch

19.3 Ishan Malhotra to Parvinder Singh, FOUR MORE! Where was he keeping these shots all along? Too much width this time as Malhotra overcompensates. Back of a length and Parvinder reaches out to flay it up and over backward point for four

19.2 Ishan Malhotra to Parvinder Singh, FOUR! FIFTY FOR PARVINDER! It has been an innings of two halves but alas, the first of those is costing his team here. Too short on off stump and he sits back to dispatch a pull behind square. On the bounce and over the fence with deep square not standing a chance

19.1 Ishan Malhotra to Parvinder Singh, FOUR! Short, wide and punished! Too much width and Parvinder reaches out to power it one-handed over the cover point region to pick out the ropes on the bounce

21 runs off the penultimate over. Should Sreesanth have come up higher in the order? Maybe!

Oh! This wasn't expected but Sreesanth is hitting a clean ball here. Fifty off 24 balls for the all aggressive pacer!

overs

177 /3 score

runs

Sreesanth *

57 (25)

Parvinder Singh

44 (43)

Rajesh Kumar

0 /32

18.6 Rajesh Kumar to S Sreesanth, SIX MORE! INTO THE TREES AGAIN! Another one right in the arc at the stumps and Sreesanth's eyes light up. Just clears his front foot to swing his arms and he cannons another towering missile into the trees over mid-wicket

18.5 Rajesh Kumar to S Sreesanth, SIX! GIGANTIC! MY WORD THAT'S OUTTA HERE! And it brings up Sreesanth's fifty! Full on off stump and he steps down the track to the pitch of it. Launches it with a clean swing over mid-wicket and it's probably still traveling outside Ghaziabad. He has lost that for good. What a knock this has been!

18.4 Rajesh Kumar to Parvinder Singh, length delivery at the stumps. Parvinder sits on one knee again and slogs it flat across the line to deep mid-wicket who collects it on the bounce

18.3 Rajesh Kumar to S Sreesanth, SAFE! Full around the off stump as Sreesanth swings like a rusty gate. Gets a leading edge that balloons over the point region and drops safe as it dribbles into the deep

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